SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1505, 30 July 1912, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

An Afternoon Tea. Mrs. Mazengarb (Dunedin) was the guest of honour at a very enjoyable tea given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Fosette, at her residence in Hawker Street. Spring flowers decorated the rooms, violets and freesias in the drawing-room and narcissi in the dining-room. Music, recitations, and an interesting competition gave much pleasure, the winners of the competition being Miss MacEldowney, Mrs. Mazengarb, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Palmer, and Miss Olive Hart. Songs were sung by Mrs. Grant and Miss Campbell, Miss Longmore played a pianoforte solo, and Mrs. Mazeugarb, Mrs. Bradley, and Miss Hart recited. Mrs. Fosette wore a gown of black taffetas silk, and Mrs. Mazengarb was in black silk, with transparent yolk of black lace; Miss Fosette wore a pretty white frock; and Miss E. Fosette was also in white. The Shakespeare Club is holding a social evening on Wednesday next for members and their friends, when a varied programme of musical and dramatic Shakespearean items will be given. Scenes are to be enacted from the comedies "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," and "Twelfth Night," also "Henry the Fifth," and "Macbeth." Among those appearing are Mesdames Baldwin and Dowling, tlie Misses Hall, Valerie Corliss, Stella Putnam, Vera Speed, Flux, Sievwright, Purdham, St. John, and Hardinge-Maltby. The entertainment is under the direction of Mr. H. E. Nicholls, president of the Shakespeare Club. Dance at Island Bay. A very enjoyable dance was given in the Island Bay Hall on Friday evening by Messrs. 0. G. Wilkening and L. Keene. Palm's and evergreens made the hall look most attractive, and tho supper tables were beautifully decorated with jonquils and greenery. In spite of the inclemency of the weather, about one hundred and twenty people were present. The chaperones were Mesdames Wilkening, Greville and Lockwood. Mrs. Wilkening wore electric blue nierv, Mrs. Greville was in navy merv, and Mrs. Lockwood. Wedgwood blue silk. Amongst .some of the guests present were: Miss Wilkening, Miss Dorothy Wilkening, the Misses Greville (2), B. Halley, Hobday (2), Laurensen, Beck, Ewing, Glover, Pikett (2), Lockwood, V. Hill, L. M'Ewan, Chapman, R. M'Ewan, Dibley, Griffiths (2), Parker, Messrs. Wilkening (3), Keene (2), Peek, Fawcett, Eogers, Robertson (2), Nees, Bowev Howe, Hansen, M'Ewan, Lockwood, Dobbie, Beck, Greville (3), Kirby, Hind, Collins, Hindmaxsh, Stevens, .Fox, Ryan, Houghton (2), and Jones. '•■ Women in Professions. The Berlin University authorities recently instituted an inquiry as to tho progress and prospects of women in professions necessitating, in Germany, university diplomas (writes the German correspondent of an English paper) ._ The most prosperous professions, judging from tho replies, are apparently the medical and dental. In January, 1912, there were in Germany 172 certified women doctors. From 18G9 to 1909, 45 German women Jiad taken tho American dental courses, but in, the decade ending 1912, 60 took the German courses, and obtained the official German license. All the replies showtd that the professional prospects are very satisfactory, and apparently there are openings for more. On tho contrary, there are few openings .and unsatisfactory prospects for women taking jurist or national economic courses. Only 23 appear to be in positions where they are definitely utilising their diplomas. Mrs. Kinsey (Christchurch) and, her daughter, Mrs. Moore, are visiting Wellington. A very pleasant little tea was given for Miss Burroughs in Miss Tendall's tearooms, yesterday afternoon, those present being, in addition to the guest of honour, Ladv Gibbes, Mrs. and Miss Kane, Mrs. T. G. Macarthy,. Miss Hardinge-Maltby, and Miss Michie. Mr. and Mrs. Leo. Myers are in town, and leave by the Rotorua to-morrow for England. Miss Doris Briggs is visiting her sister, Mrs. Edgar Holmwood, in Masterton. Mrs. Scott, tho wife of Mr. Scott, M.P., arrived in Wellington from the south on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Bayly (Toko) have gone on a visit to Auckland. A committee, comprising the Misses Morrison, Bennett, Perry, Baird, Mace, Pilmer, and J. Moore, with Miss Bennett as secretary, are giving a dance in Masterton on August 2. Mrs. Massey, accompanied by her two daughters, Mrs. Taylor and Miss Massey,' arrive in Wellington to-day, and will stay at the Occidental Hotel. ifissMilsom's Exclusive and Up-to-date methods for Treating Hair and Skin will positively stop the hair from falling, prevent and restore grey hair, cure worst cases of dandruff and irritation, thus promoting a healthy growth. "Cultene" (reg.) Skin Food, unsurpassed for wrinkles and withered skin, softens and tones the coarsest skin, cures blackheads, and large pores. Ladies and Gentlemen taught home treatment. 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The Bush Library. Touching the U-ttors that appeared in ■i >!i; Dominion last week concerning tho inalter of sending parcels of magazines, looks, papers, etc., into the coimtrv for tlie use of those settlers and their 'wives who ive beyond the reach tf book-shops and lihrai-ics. a letter lias been received by Mrs. Chatfield, die lion, secretary of tlie Victoria League, from a settler's wife living far inland, ivho expresses her approval of the "Bush Library" schcinu, as set forth by Mrs. A. K.. Newman, mid hopes that it will soon he started. She finds it a very difficult thing to got reading matter, =o far away do they live, and she would be very pleased to join and subscribe to such an institution! Vor> wistfully she mentions her great desire to read some of Dickens's books, particularly the "Pickwick Papers." If any readers of The Dominion would care to help in tho work of establishing 6ome kind of bush library scheme, and would forward books, papers, and magazines they had finished with to either Mrs. Chatfield, secretary of the Wellington branch of the A'ictoria League, or to the Editress of the Women's Page, Dominion- Office, they would lie gladly received, and sent on to those who will have charge of the library. The Wellington Girls' College Journal. A copy of "The Reporter," the journal of the Wellington Girls' College, has just come to hand, and is full of much that is interesting. A portrait of Miss Natalie Allen, dux and gold medallist, 1911, first on the Junior Scholarship list, 1911, appears on the front page, and there is also a photograph of the new wing nl the , college, together with a portion of the old building. School news and the doings of past pupils either in New Zealand or other countries are chronicled, and there aye interesting notes upon several of the pictures hanging in the corridors and rooms of the college, as well as a description of the Chapel of St. Mary of the Arena at Padua, sent in by a contributor • who had the good fortune to visit it some time ago. Space is given to notes on hockey, swimming, tennis, croquet, and basket-ball. There are also one cir two original poems, in addition to other matter. Miss Marchant, representing the Victoria League of Otago, New Zealand, was one of the speakers at a discussion meeting of the Victoria League held in London, on May 17. Miss Rutherford, of Hawkc's Bay, was also present. The Hawke's Bay District Officers' Club ball takes place in Napier next month. Mrs. Menzies and family (Christchurch) are spending some time in Napier. Among the passengers leaving ty the Rotorua on. Wednesday for England are:— Mrs. E. Lindsay and her three sons. Miss P. Sedgwick, Miss Ormond, Miss Michie, Miss L. SI. Izard, and .Mrs. A. Joseph (Wellington). ' / MRS. ROLLESTON, Hair' Specialist (qual. London and Paris), is recommended for tho Permanent Cure of all Scalp Ailments and tho most Effective Treatment for the Growth of Hair.. Shampooing, Hairdressing, Eloctrolysis (permanent removal of superfluous hair), dip. U.S.A. Face Massage, Combings Made Up, Transformations, Switches, etc. 258 Lambton Quay. Telephone 1599.* Weddings.—Shower Bouquets for brides and bridesmaids. Only the choicest of Flowers used. Specially packed and sent to any part of the Dominion. Miss Murray, 35 Willis Street (Florist to his Excel.' leucy Lord lelinaton).*